Saturday, July 25, 2015

Free Access to New York Records from Home

Free Ancestry.com for New York State Residents. An agreement between the New York State Archives and ancestry.com website now gives New Yorkers an opportunity to save considerable money while using the site for genealogy research from home. Only NY items that have been copied to the ancestry.com website from archives are available. Free Access to Ancestry.com/New York Records from Home
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Silk Scarf Painting

On Wednesday, December 9th the Local History Room presented the historic craft of painting on silk scarves given by Vivien Pollock. Silk painting is creating art on fabric with silk as the canvas. Silk painting can be traced back to the 2nd century AD in India when the 'wax resist' technique for embellishing silk was used. Silk painting in India reached its pinnacle of popularity during Moghul rule in the 17 - 19th centuries.

Celebrating the Holidays with the Dutch!

On Wednesday, December 2nd the Local History Room celebrated the holidays as the Dutch due in the Netherlands. Participants assisted with making dough for the Letterbanket cookies and they took home paper shoes filled with Dutch goodies.

Needle Felting A Penguin Program

On Thursday, December 3rd we met in the Local History Room where we learned how to needle felt a penguin.
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